The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 146:1-10, “Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!

2 I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

3 Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

4 His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

5 How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God;

6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever;

7 Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets

the prisoners free.

8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down;

The LORD loves the righteous;

9 The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow; But He thwarts

the way of the wicked.

10 The LORD will reign forever, Thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!

It is true, is it not, that the focus of our lives is more upon trouble than upon triumph? The

daily flow of news is more about what is wrong in our world than what is right. I seem to

recall a newspaper that some years ago determined to print only good things, but it went

out of circulation, due to the loss of readership.

It is true that the Bible itself contains some bad things, but it never promotes them; it simply

cites how evil came to be and why the LORD sent His Son, Jesus, to pay the penalty for

man who embraces evil instead of good. Yet, the overall emphasis of Holy Scripture is on

the LORD and how He wills for all mankind to embrace Him and His truths as in Scripture.

In the verses above, David commences with praise to the LORD (vv. 1-2). He then warns

us against trusting in mortal men, who themselves are not only unable to save others, but

have need of salvation themselves (vv. 3-4). This might even apply to what others write

concerning the meaning of Scripture. I’ve written a lot of stuff about the Bible, but nothing

I or anyone else has written is more beneficial to a reader than the Scripture itself. That is

why the majority of verses in this psalm (vv. 5-10) involve what the LORD has done and

is doing in our lives. He alone is to be praised for all His love and benefits toward man.

There is no end –no death—to the LORD! His nature is eternal, and His love never

ceases! How can we not with the psalmist shout: “Praise the LORD”?

We love and pray for your daily; He loves and provides for you daily,

Nana & Dado III

(Rose Marie & Gene)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

United States of America

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”